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The Power of One: Heroes Forging America's Civic Reawakening From Sea to Shining Sea - About the Author

Debra Schweiger

Debra J. Schweiger has devoted herself to the subject of civic entrepreneurs since 1994. Entrepreneurial experience combined with a decade of public service formed her vision for the far-reaching potential of their social innovations.

A native of east-central Illinois, she studied at the University of Illinois, earning a B.A. with high distinction in political science and a masters degree in public administration (M.P.A.). While at the university, she was also recognized as a Charles E. Merriam Scholar for her research on local government in Illinois. She next sought practical experience working in Washington, D.C., as congressional staff to Representative Edward R. Madigan (R-IL) during the 1974 Watergate hearings and in 1975 for the U.S. Treasury Department.

From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, when few women were employed on legislative staffs, she held positions in three states. She served as finance analyst for the Illinois Senate Appropriations and Local Government Committees and as budget and program analyst for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and the Minnesota Legislative Audit Commission where she co-authored studies on welfare, education, and chemical dependency.

Debra left the public policy arena when the largest HMO in Minnesota recruited her as senior finance analyst. At the same time, she used her financial skills to establish a successful marketing and training company spanning the U.S., Mexico, and the Netherlands reaching into the top two percent in sales volume for all U.S. micro-enterprise businesses. That experience led to her eventual recruitment by the wireless and protocol software industries.

Debra has reinvested her public policy and entrepreneurial experience in a better civil society by launching a national research effort, writing this book, and creating a Web site, www.powerone.org, to shine much needed light on civic entrepreneurs and their highly effective and compassionate social solutions.

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